2921.22
Failure to report a crime or knowledge of a death or burn injury.

(1)
Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, no person, knowing that
a felony has been or is being committed, shall knowingly fail to report such
information to law enforcement authorities.

(2)
No
person, knowing that a violation of division (B) of section 2913.04 of the
Revised Code has been, or is being committed or that the person has received
information derived from such a violation, shall knowingly fail to report the
violation to law enforcement authorities.

(B)
Except for conditions that are within the scope of division (E) of this
section, no physician, limited practitioner, nurse, or other person giving aid
to a sick or injured person shall negligently fail to report to law enforcement
authorities any gunshot or stab wound treated or observed by the physician,
limited practitioner, nurse, or person, or any serious physical harm to persons
that the physician, limited practitioner, nurse, or person knows or has
reasonable cause to believe resulted from an offense of violence.

(C)
No
person who discovers the body or acquires the first knowledge of the death of a
person shall fail to report the death immediately to a physician whom the
person knows to be treating the deceased for a condition from which death at
such time would not be unexpected, or to a law enforcement officer, an
ambulance service, an emergency squad, or the coroner in a political
subdivision in which the body is discovered, the death is believed to have
occurred, or knowledge concerning the death is obtained.

(D)
No
person shall fail to provide upon request of the person to whom a report
required by division (C) of this section was made, or to any law enforcement
officer who has reasonable cause to assert the authority to investigate the
circumstances surrounding the death, any facts within the person's knowledge
that may have a bearing on the investigation of the death.

(d)
Any
physical harm to persons caused by or as the result of the use of fireworks,
novelties and trick noisemakers, and wire sparklers, as each is defined by
section 3743.01 of the Revised Code.

(2)
No
physician, nurse, or limited practitioner who, outside a hospital, sanitarium,
or other medical facility, attends or treats a person who has sustained a burn
injury that is inflicted by an explosion or other incendiary device or that
shows evidence of having been inflicted in a violent, malicious, or criminal
manner shall fail to report the burn injury immediately to the local arson, or
fire and explosion investigation, bureau, if there is a bureau of this type in
the jurisdiction in which the person is attended or treated, or otherwise to
local law enforcement authorities.

(3)
No
manager, superintendent, or other person in charge of a hospital, sanitarium,
or other medical facility in which a person is attended or treated for any burn
injury that is inflicted by an explosion or other incendiary device or that
shows evidence of having been inflicted in a violent, malicious, or criminal
manner shall fail to report the burn injury immediately to the local arson, or
fire and explosion investigation, bureau, if there is a bureau of this type in
the jurisdiction in which the person is attended or treated, or otherwise to
local law enforcement authorities.

(4)
No
person who is required to report any burn injury under division (E)(2) or (3)
of this section shall fail to file, within three working days after attending
or treating the victim, a written report of the burn injury with the office of
the state fire marshal. The report shall comply with the uniform standard
developed by the state fire marshal pursuant to division (A)(15) of section
3737.22 of the Revised Code.

(5)
Anyone participating in the making of reports under division (E) of this
section or anyone participating in a judicial proceeding resulting from the
reports is immune from any civil or criminal liability that otherwise might be
incurred or imposed as a result of such actions. Notwithstanding section
4731.22 of the Revised Code, the physician-patient relationship is not a ground
for excluding evidence regarding a person's burn injury or the cause of the
burn injury in any judicial proceeding resulting from a report submitted under
division (E) of this section.

(1)
Any
doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine, hospital intern or resident,
registered or licensed practical nurse, psychologist, social worker,
independent social worker, social work assistant, licensed professional clinical counselor,
licensed
professional counselor, independent marriage and family
therapist, or marriage and family therapist who knows or has reasonable
cause to believe that a patient or client has been the victim of domestic
violence, as defined in section 3113.31 of the Revised Code, shall note that
knowledge or belief and the basis for it in the patient's or client's
records.

(2)
Notwithstanding section 4731.22 of the Revised Code, the doctor-patient
privilege shall not be a ground for excluding any information regarding the
report containing the knowledge or belief noted under division (F)(1) of this
section, and the information may be admitted as evidence in accordance with the
Rules of Evidence.

(G)
Divisions (A) and (D) of this section do not require disclosure of information,
when any of the following applies:

(1)
The
information is privileged by reason of the relationship between attorney and
client; doctor and patient; licensed psychologist or licensed school
psychologist and client; licensed professional clinical
counselor, licensed professional counselor, independent social worker, social
worker, independent marriage and family therapist, or marriage and family
therapist and client; member of the clergy, rabbi, minister, or priest
and any person communicating information confidentially to the member of the
clergy, rabbi, minister, or priest for a religious counseling purpose of a
professional character; husband and wife; or a communications assistant and
those who are a party to a telecommunications relay service call.

(2)
The
information would tend to incriminate a member of the actor's immediate
family.

(3)
Disclosure
of the information would amount to revealing a news source, privileged under
section 2739.04 or 2739.12 of the Revised Code.

(4)
Disclosure of the information would amount to disclosure by a member of the
ordained clergy of an organized religious body of a confidential communication
made to that member of the clergy in that member's capacity as a member of the
clergy by a person seeking the aid or counsel of that member of the
clergy.

(5)
Disclosure
would amount to revealing information acquired by the actor in the course of
the actor's duties in connection with a bona fide program of treatment or
services for drug dependent persons or persons in danger of drug dependence,
which program is maintained or conducted by a hospital, clinic, person, agency,
or services provider certified pursuant to section 5119.36 of the Revised
Code.

(6)
Disclosure
would amount to revealing information acquired by the actor in the course of
the actor's duties in connection with a bona fide program for providing
counseling services to victims of crimes that are violations of section 2907.02
or 2907.05 of the Revised Code or to victims of felonious sexual penetration in
violation of former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code. As used in this
division, "counseling services" include services provided in an informal
setting by a person who, by education or experience, is competent to provide
those services.

(H)
No
disclosure of information pursuant to this section gives rise to any liability
or recrimination for a breach of privilege or confidence.

(I)
Whoever violates division (A) or (B) of this section is guilty of failure to
report a crime. Violation of division (A)(1) of this section is a misdemeanor
of the fourth degree. Violation of division (A)(2) or (B) of this section is a
misdemeanor of the second degree.

(J)
Whoever violates division (C) or (D) of this section is guilty of failure to
report knowledge of a death, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.